The redesign proposed by the Department of Transportation would have alleviated conditions that led to a galling 178 injuries between 2020-2024, making the street in the top 10 percent of most dangerous in the area. The plan provided for daylighting corners - a treatment that increases visibility in the crosswalk - as well as painted pedestrian islands (I would have preferred cement, but anything is better than what we have now). Travel lanes would have been narrowed, which is an effective way to lower speeds.
Outgoing City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will not bring a measure to implement universal daylighting, which would eliminate parking near intersections to make them safer, to a vote before the end of the body's current session. Her decision drew a sharp rebuke from safe streets advocates on Thursday who say the bill's passage is essential toward increasing street safety for pedestrians and drivers alike.
A Port Authority bus slammed into a building in Midtown during the Thursday evening rush hour, amNewYork has learned. The bus crashed into scaffolding and appears to have made contact with a building on Lexington Avenue and 41st Street. The incident occurred at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 11, just before sunset. So far, sources close to the incident have reported that one person appears to be injured.
Detectives in Brooklyn are questioning a man who allegedly slashed a commuter in the face on board a subway train Thursday morning following an argument, police reported. The incident happened on a Manhattan-bound A train as it rolled into the Nostrand Avenue station at about 11:40 a.m. on Dec. 11. According to police sources, a 51-year-old man was sitting inside a train car when a 19-year-old man took the seat next to him.
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A serial burglar who racked up 17 previous arrests stole dough out of a Brooklyn synagogue and then used the subway tracks for his unsuccessful escape route, police said Wednesday. Career criminal Arthur Jack, 55, crept into Congregation Shaarei Zion of Bobov and snatched $285 from a locked donation box around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday near 15th Avenue and 48th Street in Borough Park, according to cops.
a stranger suddenly approached me and screamed, Free Palestine. You are all genocidal baby killers. You all need to get the f*** out of Israel! My only crime? Wearing a yarmulke. No other Jewish identifier or Israel memorabilia was on my person. I was lucky this encounter ended with words. Earlier this month, an Israeli Jew was beaten so severely outside a Manhattan kosher restaurant that he suffered a brain bleed.
The best restaurants in New York are not the places that cater to foodie tourists and billionaire gastronomes - not necessarily and certainly not exclusively. They're the ones that balance quality, utility, and ambience in a way that makes them places to go once or go often with an acknowledgment that sometimes it's your anniversary and you need to ball out, and sometimes it's just another Wednesday.
From day one, our administration's North Star has been public safety. We have gone to work to sweep out crime and illegal activities from our neighborhoods, and because of this work, we are currently in our eighth consecutive quarter of crime reductions. That means for almost two straight years since January 2024 crime has consistently declined each quarter in New York City. But public safety is about more than just policing. To make sure our communities feel safe and are safe, we must make smart, upstream investments that prevent crime in the first place. We must invest in our young people and provide them with safe places away from gun violence. Places to just be kids, and to play and build trust with law enforcement.
There was so much news yesterday (see below), but we loved this academic study out of Cornell that revealed that in the first six months of the Congestion Pricing program, air pollution - in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller - dropped by 22 percent in the toll zone and also in the city's five boroughs and surrounding suburbs.
Throughout my career, I have been a huge supporter of empowering tenants to become homeowners, which is why it may seem odd that I do not support Intro. 902, or the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA). New York City absolutely needs to advance tenant and non-profit ownership, but I do not believe COPA is the way to achieve this laudable goal.
The DSNY issued a Dec. 4 proposal to amend its rule governing the time for placing trash and recyclables at the curb for collection. The amendment would allow residents who receive collection on Saturdays to put their trash out in a container an hour before sunset the night before. A neighborhood's local community board would have to opt into the schedule; it is not an option for individual homeowners.
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New York City will probably soon see three new casinos, whose owners could rake in profits because of a recent surge in gambling in the United States that has some campaigners worried. The New York gaming facility location board this week approved three proposed casinos in the US's largest city two in Queens and one in the Bronx after determining the businesses would create new jobs and generate billions in tax revenue, according to the group's report.
The Archdiocese of New York will use money from real estate sales, staff layoffs and budget reductions to set up a $300 million fund to pay for a settlement with 1,300 people who accused its priests and staff of sexual assault as it enters a 60-day mediation process with victim attorneys, the country's second-largest archdiocese announced Monday. In a public statement, Cardinal Timothy Dolon said its his hope and prayer, the archdiocese can provide victim-survivors with the most financial compensation possible to help heal [their] wounds.
A runaway horse named "Sundance" was spotted galloping along several highways in southeast Queens on Dec. 7 after breaking free from Curly's Cowboy Center in South Jamaica at around 6:30 p.m., according to authorities. Officers from the Port Authority Police Department received a report of the horse racing on the JFK Expressway.
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest NYC Startup funding rounds in New York for November 2025. I have included some additional information such as industry, description, round type, and total equity funding raised to further the analysis of the state of venture capital in NYC.
New Yorkers don't typically associate Penn Station with holiday magic-more like sprinting for the right train track with a coffee in one hand. But, this December, the city's busiest transit hub is getting a surprisingly cozy glow-up with its first-ever Penn Station Holiday Market, turning the main Amtrak concourse into a four-day shopping detour you may actually want to get there early for.
Each weekend in December, from 2pm to 5pm, New Yorkers will get to warm up and fill their bellies with delicious chestnuts when visiting the special roasted chestnut cart outside of Chobani Cafe. Staffers will hand out the freshly roasted nuts for free with any cafe purchase. The cart is inspired by Ulukaya's memories of childhood, when chestnut vendors marked the start of the holiday season.
There's nothing as festive as New York City during Christmastime: The streets are bedecked with twinkling lights, holiday markets are filled with the scent of mulled wine, and the giant tree at Rockefeller Center is the envy of every other city's efforts at presenting holiday cheer. Though most New York bars and restaurants will offer a glass of cheer or a seasonal martini, if you're looking to don your favorite ugly sweater and get into the spirit, you want a place that goes all out. From an official Mariah Carey-sanctioned bar to an homage to the Grinch, here are New York's best holiday bars this season.
New Yorkers experiencing delays in their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and cash assistance benefits will receive relief through a lawsuit settlement reached with the City of New York, the Legal Aid Society announced on Monday. The agreement mandates a list of reforms to ensure timely access to food benefits and cash assistance programs, modernization of the Human Resources Administration (HRA) and strengthening oversight of the agency.
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